SOGs 2020 REVERSE Flashcards
IC
Who’s responsibility is it to assign a safety officer?
Identify and correct safety and heath hazards
To alter,suspend, or terminate un -safe acts that involve an imminent hazard to personnel
Inform the IC of the 2 items above
All safety officers will have the authority to ?
Safety concerns for fire rescue in typical incidents
Fire behavior
Building construction
EMS
A safety office should have a working knowledge of what?
SHOULD
Only those person who have completed and approved Incident safety officer course ________ be used as a safety officer.
HWH-hazardous, Wildland, high hazard
Incident becomes so large, complex, or dangerous that reasoned safety is potentially threatened.
Hazardous or potentially hazardous environments:
Structure fires
Special operations incidents
Large multi casualty incidents
Wild land fires with 4 or more units or during extreme weather.
Any high Hazard Training:
Live burn evolutions
Smoke drills
Dive rescue
Extrication
Elevated victim rescue
above or Below grade operations
confined space rescue
A safety office shall be appointed on the following incidents?
Don appropriate vest and PPE
Ensure no entry into the hot zone as a single person
Ensure all control zones are established or adjust as necessary
Ensure exclusion zones are recognized
Rehab
Atmospheric monitoring
Remain on scene until relieved by the IC or designee
Document actions as to the incident reporting guide
any accidents injuries or unsafe acts or safety concerns should follow the CQI
Communicate with EMERGENCY TRAFFIC the exclusion zone
Once assigned to Safety officer what are the duties?
Directly to the Incident safety officer
Who do assistant safety officers report to?
To a geographical or functional area.
How are safety officers general y assigned?
Hazardous material
Dive team operations
Open water incidents
Rehab when assigned
The following incidents REQUIRE an assistant safety officer?
Lost
Trapped
Disoriented
Seriously injured
Experiencing an Air emergency
In need of immediate help
“Mayday” definition is?
Lost
Trapped
Disoriented
Seriously injured
Air emergency
‘In need of immediate help
The term “MAYDAY” should be used when ?
The MAYDAY remains on the original channel and other operations will switch .
When a “MAYDAY” is called what happens to the Tac channels?
An additional safety officer
During a “MAYDAY” the ISO should request what?
Identify an energized source so an exclusionary zone can be created
The TAC stick shall only be used to?
To identify energy sources that were not previously aware of
The ONLY useful purpose for a TAC stick is:
Detects AC current only
Provides warning in audible beeps and flashes
Warning signals increase in strength as amplitude increases
Warning signal s make it possible to locate the signal quickly
The TAC stick has 4 indicators?
Read DC current
Or pick up shielded AC voltage
The TAC stick does not?
HIGH
LOW
FRONT
The 3 sensitivities for the TAC are?
HIGH and move to lower ones later.
When using the TAC stick the user should start on which sensitivity?
Night operations and post storm area searches.
Fires
Powerlines down
During which incidents is the TAC stick particularly useful?
Engines
Aerials
Rescues
BC
EMS captain
Special ops
Atmospheric monitors are carried on which vehicles
EMS captains
Who is equipped with the drager X-am 5000 5 gas monitor
The 500o does OV monitoring for Ethylene oxide
The difference between the drager X am 2500 and 5000 is ?
O2
Flammability
CO
H2S
OV
The Drager X am 5000 monitors which substances?
IC
When an atmospheric monitor alarms who SHALL be informed?
Firefighter is actively monitoring an atmosphere to detect the presence of a leak
Investigating residential or commercial alarm activations to determine hazards
Active atmospheric monitoring is used when ?
O2
Flammability
CO
What are the common gasses between the drager atmospheric monitors
02 and 10% above
What gas and how much is required for both drager monitors to operate correctly?
O2- 21%
LEL -0%
CO- 0 PPM
H2S- 0 PPM
What are normal atmospheric conditions
1-5ppm and 60-70% of the population
H2s has an almond like Oder detectable at what levels?
Levels are safe before allowing personnel to remove SCBA during overhaul
Benefits outweigh risks with OV
Respiratory protection is used accordingly
The ISO with regards to atomospheric monitoring SHALL ensure:
OV only and 02 is normal
Half mask cartridge respirators with organic vapor filters can be used when 2 conditions apply?
Wildland fires
D/O operating at the pump panel
ISO
Post fire activities
What are Half mask cartridge respirators w/ organic vapors particularly used for?
- FF remove their respiratory protection
- Occupants to enter the structure
- Fire investigators to enter any structure
The IC or ISO shall determine if it is safe for what to happen when atmospheric monitoring?
Sun or another from of light
TIC operations: our eyes work by seeing contrast by objects that are illuminated by either. _______ or. __________.
White
TIC operations in normal temperatures - a victim or FF will appear what color?
Dark
TIC operations with victim or FF in structure fire will appear ?
SCBA bottle
TIC operations for the most prominent feature of a FF is ?
Every Engine, rescue, EMS captain , and BC.
TIC’s are assigned to which apparatus?
All company officers and chief officers in custody of the TIC.
Who are responsible for checking the TIC?
Search and rescue
Fire Attack
Overhaul
HAZMAT
Vehicle accidents
TICs are used for:
Cannot see into a windowless building- need temperature differences
Cannot see under water
Cannot see through windows or glass
Cannot see through highly reflective materials - stainless, steel, mirrors, windows
TIC limitations:
WBGT- Wet bulb globe temperature
PBCFR used which Rehab standard for Heat stress index?
- Air Temperature
- Air Speed
- Humidity
- Radiation - direct sun light
The heat stress index Is made up from ?
Rest
Hydration
Energy nutrition
At least 4 hours
How many of hours of work may be sustained if ________, _________, _________ and hours__________.
- Rest
- Energy nutrition
- Hydration
- Accommodation for weather
- BLS and ALS monitoring
What are the 5 components of REHAB?
RHEBA
- Rest
- Hydration
- Energy nutrition
- BLS and ALS
- Accommodation for weather.
What is the priority order for REHAB?
CORE temperature
What is the most important V/S to stabilize?
50-60% more
What percent is active cooling better than passive cooling?
SBP< 100
Pulse >100 with ANY of the following:
Temp > 101
SBP> 180
DBP>100
SPCO>0
ALS S/S.
What are the medical NO-GO criteria?
20 min X 2 for a total of 40 minutes. After 40 minutes BLS/ALS tx, and transport or referral to OHC
What are the time frames for rehab?
Cardiac arrest and WILL be treated for cyanide exposure
Rehab 6 hours post fire incident is in reference to ?
Carbon monoxide and cyanide exposures
Rehab 24 hours post fire incident refer to as?
Logistics
The rehab unit works under which command branch?
IC
If there is no logistics branch who does the rehab unit report to?
Worked for 45min
Used 2 air bottles consecutively
Rehab chart
Companies should be placed in rehab when ?
Physical labor of > 2 hours
Excessive rotation of companies
Incidents that require defined hourly work periods
Hire rise fires not controlled by a single company
Wildland fires
Hazmat incidents
Confined space incidents
An assistant safety officer may be assigned by the IC for rehab under what incidents?
Working fires and Hazmat incidents their rainbow sensor to the Rehab unit.
The incident safety officer will have the 1st EMS captain on all __________ __________ and _____________ __________provide what to whom?
Near the “Drop Zone” in the WARM zone
Where should the SCBA refill are be located?
Pulse
BP
Temp
Respirations
SP02
SPCO
SPMET
The rehab tracking worksheet has what recorded on them ?
Staging
Where do companies leaving rehab report to?
Permanent medical record.
The unit rehab tracking worksheet becomes part of what?
medical complaint,
obvious injury,
appears in distress
Suggestive of acute illness or injury
Such as: HX, MOI, appearance
Lack of capacity
A patient exists when ?
Greater than minor damage
No restraint used
Air bag deployed
Steering wheel damage
Other occupants have injuries
Appearance and behavior not normal
Motor vehicle accident criteria for a patient?
Unable to get up without assistance
Gets up but does not have capacity
People on the ground are patients when?
The ability to understand the benefits, risks, and alternatives to a proposed tx or intervention.
The definition of “Capacity “ is?
Inability to ambulate is chronic
Public assists are patients when?